All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship History

The All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a singles title in All-Japan contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg/220 lb) wrestlers. It was created on July 31, 1986 when Hiro Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final.

To this date there have been 30 All-Japan Junior Heavyweight Champions. They are listed below in order of reign along with which reign it was (some won it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses. All records are based on the official records from All-Japan’s official website, all-japan.co.jp.
1-Hiro Saito. 1st reign. Length: 7/31/1986-11/23/1986. Successful defenses: 3.

24-Katsuhiko Nakajima. 1st reign. Length: 2/17/2007-3/1/2008. Successful defenses: 3 with 1 No Contest. Title held up after title defense on 10/18/2007 ended in a No Contest but is still recognized as official champion.

29-Minoru. 1st reign. Length: 1/2/2011-6/3/2011. Successful defenses: 1. Stripped of title on 6/3/2011 when suspended indefinitely for his role in a backstage assault of Nobukazu Hirai (Super Hate) by TARU-he was present but did not do anything to break it up.